"At one point, as [Reps.] Moran, Tauscher and Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.) were
heading to lunch in the fortified Green Zone, an American urgently tried to get
their attention, apparently to voice concerns about the war effort, the
participants said. Security whisked the man away before he could make his
point…But even such tight control could not always filter out the bizarre world
inside the barricades. At one point, the three were trying to discuss the state
of Iraqi security forces with Iraq’s national security adviser, Mowaffak
al-Rubaie, but the large, flat-panel television set facing the official proved
to be a distraction. Rubaie was watching children’s cartoons.When Moran asked
him to turn it off, Rubaie protested with a laugh and said, “But this is my
favorite television show,” Moran recalled."
This doesn't give one a lot to be encouraged about when it comes to the future of Iraq. Cartoons should not be more important than meeting with American Congressional leaders. This is a trivial story in some ways, but at the root of it, it expresses a lack of concern about government by at least this Iraqi leader. He should be relieved of his duty to allow him more time to watch cartoons.
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